Candidates of the 1930 South Australian state election

This is a list of candidates of the 1930 South Australian state election.[1][2] The conservative Liberal Federation and Country Party, which had run a combined ticket known as the "Pact" in 1927, ran separately in 1930.[3]

Retiring MPs

Liberal Federation

Thomas Thompson, the Independent Protestant Labor MHA for Port Adelaide, unsuccessfully attempted to switch to the Legislative Council at this election, contesting Central District No. 1.[5]

Legislative Assembly

Sitting members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are marked with an asterisk.

Electorate Labor
candidates 		Liberal
candidates 		Country
candidates 		Other
candidates
Adelaide (3) Bill Denny*
Bert Edwards*
Herbert George*		 James Cullen (Communist)
A. W. Wilson (Ind. Socialist Labor)
Albert (2) H. M. Dalziel
Richard McKenzie		 Malcolm McIntosh*
Frederick McMillan*		 A. A. Petch
E. M. Rowe
Alexandra (3) Percy Heggaton*
Herbert Hudd*
George Laffer*		 F. G. Ayres
W. L. Scarborough
Lindsay Yelland
Barossa (3) George Cooke*
Thomas Edwards*
Leonard Hopkins*		 Henry Crosby
Herbert Lyons		 Herbert Basedow (Ind.)
H. N. Barnes (People's Party)
R. A. Thompson (People's Party)
Burra Burra (3) Jack Critchley*
Even George*
Sydney McHugh*		 Reginald Carter
George Jenkins
Philip McBride
East Torrens (3) Beasley Kearney*
Frank Nieass*
Arthur McArthur*		 Frederick Coneybeer
Walter Hamilton
Albert Sutton
Flinders (2) M. A. Cronin
D. O. Whait		 A. W. H. Barns
James Moseley*		 E. J. Barraud
A. B. Wishart		 Edward Craigie* (Single Tax)
John O'Connor (Ind. Labor)
Murray (3) Clement Collins*
Robert Hunter*
Frank Staniford*		 George Cummins Morphett
Thomas Playford IV
Howard Shannon		 R. A. Cilento (Ind.)
Newcastle (2) Thomas Butterfield*
William Harvey*
North Adelaide (2) Frederick Birrell*
Walter Warne*		 Shirley Jeffries
Victor Marra Newland
Port Pirie (2) John Fitzgerald*
Lionel Hill*
Port Adelaide (2) John Jonas*
Albert Thompson*		 H. G. Butler (Ind. Protestant Labor)
Joshua Pedlar (Ind. Protestant Labor)
Stanley (2) Robert Nicholls*
John Lyons*		 Oliver Badman
H. V. Sargent
Sturt (3) Bob Dale*
Edgar Dawes*
T. W. Grealy		 Ernest Anthoney*
Herbert Richards
Edward Vardon		 Leonora Polkinghorne (Women's Non-Party)
Victoria (2) Eric Shepherd*
F. E. Young		 Vernon Petherick
Peter Reidy*
West Torrens (2) Alfred Blackwell*
John McInnes*		 L. H. Crosby (Ind. Labor)
C. J. Caldicott (Ind. Labor)
T. C. McGillick (Communist)
Wallaroo (2) Robert Richards*
John Pedler*		 F. G. Filmer (Ind.)
R. C. Kitto (Ind.)
William Price (Ind.)
Wooroora (3) Richard Layton Butler*
W. J. Marshman
F. H. Heinrich		 Archie Cameron*
Samuel Dennison*
B. H. Richardson
Yorke Peninsula (2) Edward Giles*
Baden Pattinson*		 J. S. Honner
Stepney Pontifex

Legislative Council

Electorate Labor
candidates 		Liberal
candidates 		Country
candidates 		Other
candidates
Central District No. 1 (2) Frank Condon*
Tom Gluyas*		 J. J. Luxton (Ind. Protestant Labor)
Thomas Thompson (Ind. Protestant Labor)
Central District No. 2 (2) A. G. Angell
F. E. Stratton		 William Humphrey Harvey*
Henry Tassie*
Midland District (2) Walter Gordon Duncan*
David Gordon*		 Maurice Collins
James Nairn
Northern District (2) James Beerworth
H. R. McHugh		 William Morrow*
George Ritchie*		 Archibald McDonald
Southern District (2) Peter Crafter
Maurice Parish		 John Cowan*
Lancelot Stirling*		 C. W. Lloyd
Richard Alfred O'Connor

References

  1. ^ "STATE ELECTIONS". The South Eastern Times. Millicent, SA. 11 March 1930. p. 3. Retrieved 16 September 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Nominations For State Elections". The Register News-Pictorial. Adelaide. 8 March 1930. p. 25. Retrieved 16 September 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "No Likelihood Of Pact, Says Country Party President". The Observer. Adelaide. 1 February 1930. p. 49. Retrieved 16 September 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ a b c d "THE STATE ELECTIONS". Bunyip. Gawler, SA. 14 March 1930. p. 4. Retrieved 29 September 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "CANDIDATE FOR LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 28 November 1929. p. 17. Retrieved 16 September 2015 – via National Library of Australia.